Auction 106
Zemanek-Münster
Large incense burner, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 200 BC - 500 AD, Mexico, Colima, Size: H: 52 cm (H: 20.5 inch), ID: 3052939
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Auction 106

Large incense burner, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 200 BC - 500 AD ·  Mexico, Colima · ID: 3052939

Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
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Provenance
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 27 June 1987, lot 17
German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 52 cm
H: 20.5 inch

Description

ceramic with traces of white pigment and calcareous deposits, rest.

High stirrup vessel, formed by two male figures standing back to back. The two stirrup arches are connected by the intertwined bodies of two snakes. It is assumed that this object functioned as an incense burner.

Comparing literature

Hoffmann, Ulrich (Hg.), Frauen des alten Amerika in Kult und Alltag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 195

Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).

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